{"id":2017023,"date":"2025-09-12T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2017023"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:40:13","slug":"i-hated-seeing-the-breakdown-royal-butler-on-harry-william-rift-palace-author-ised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-hated-seeing-the-breakdown-royal-butler-on-harry-william-rift-palace-author-ised\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Hated Seeing The Breakdown&#8217;: Royal butler on Harry &#038; William Rift | Palace Author-ised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTnnob6ySbA?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>How did Prince William woo Kate Middleton on Valentine\u2019s Day?<br \/>\nWhich royal would throw water balloons at the household staff?<br \/>\nAnd what expletive did Prince Philip mutter after Prince Harry\u2019s wedding to Meghan Markle?<\/p>\n<p>In his new book &#8216;The Royal Butler&#8217;, Grant Harrold recounts his insider view of working for (the then) Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, for seven fascinating years. From racing Queen Elizabeth II down a corridor, to organising and serving William and Catherine&#8217;s first Valentine&#8217;s dinner at Highgrove, Grant witnessed not only the amusing private moments, but was present during events of genuine historical significance as well.<\/p>\n<p>Grant served the current King and Queen, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Sussex \u2013 so he knows all the key players in the Megxit conflict currently plaguing the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but he was also once winked at by Queen Elizabeth II. But why?<\/p>\n<p>BUY Grant&#8217;s book here: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4mQTycY<\/p>\n<p>READ Confessions of the Royal butler: What Harry, Kate and William are really like. The wicked practical joke the Queen played on her family. And why I had to hide in a cupboard when I saw Charles. Intimate revelations by GRANT HARROLD:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.celebrity.land.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15004371\/Confessions-Royal-butler-Harry-Kate-William-really-like-wicked-practical-joke-Queen-played-family-hide-cupboard-saw-Charles-Intimate-revelations-GRANT-HARROLD.html<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP to our FREE Palace Confidential Newsletter: https:\/\/bit.ly\/palacenewsletter2<\/p>\n<p>#RoyalFamily #QueenElizabeth #PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkle #KingCharles #Megxit<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UTnnob6ySbA\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did Prince William woo Kate Middleton on Valentine\u2019s Day? Which royal would throw water balloons at the household staff? And what expletive did Prince Philip mutter after Prince Harry\u2019s wedding to Meghan Markle? In his new book &#8216;The Royal Butler&#8217;, Grant Harrold recounts his insider view of working for (the then) Prince Charles and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2017024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757695213_hqdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}